Washing-machine



S. J. HARDING.

WASHING MACHINE- APPLICATION FILED FEB. 1.o. 1920.

ATTORNEY m AM a da M J. W.

fJ/Mad PATENT OFFICE.

SIMON J. HAnjDrNG, or wnsr BALDWIN, MAINE.

wAsHINGMAcHrNn. i

insegna Specicaton or Letters Patent'.

Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

Application filed :February 10, 1920. Serial No. 357,581.

To all whom it may concern V Be it known Ythat I, SIMON-J. HARDING, a

Ycitizen oit the United States, residing at West Baldwin, in the county or Cumberland andv State of Maine, have invented new and useful Improvements 1n lVashing-Machines,

l of which the following -is a specification.

My present invention has reference to a Vwashing' machine.

The improvement relates to that class oi:

washing machines which rest directly on a,

tub and which includes a rubbing board, a vibratory trame carrying a roller which cooperates with the rubbing board, and a pump plunger contriving motion from the vibratory trame, the said pump being utilized to project water on the fabric operate-d on by the roller and the rubbing board.

A further object of the invention is to simplify the `existing art by providing a washing machine ot this character wherein an apron is provided for preventing the splashing of the water but which is susceptible to an outward movement when contacted by the oscillatory trame and closed by means associated with the pump plunger that is also provided by the oscillatory trarne, and in addition to this to provide means for automatically engaging and locking the oscillatory frame to lpermit of the proper arrangement of clothes on the rubbing board..

The foregoing objects and others which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, may be accomplished by a construction, combination and operative arrangementl of parts such as is illustrated by the drawings.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement.

Fig. 2 isa top plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view approximatelyr onthe line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a viewl illustrating the manner in bers 2 having an outwardly inclined board 3 connecting the Vsame adjacent to one end Offtlle base and a vertical straight board 4 connecting the members 2.adjacent to the opposite end 'of ythe base. The side members 2 have their lower edges notched, the walls provided by the said notches are rounded so that the said notches will snugly engage with the stavcs of the tub 1. To the board 4'there is secured a-downwardly extending pumpbarrcl 5. In the pump barrel isa piston 6. To the piston is secured a piston rod 7.

.Arising from the side members 2 of the base are opposed uprightsV 8. These uprights, adjacent their outer ends are slotted asat 9,r and the saidfouter ends ott the uprights are connected by al rod v.10.

teceived in the slots9 are guide trunnions 11, on the upper end oit the oscillatory trame 12. The frame 12, at the lower end thereot has journaled between its side members the shaft of a ribbed roller I3, while above the roller and supported between the sides of the oscillatory frame is a soap holding member having an open bottom for delivering soap or a soap powder to the roller 13. The roller 13 co-engages with a ribbed rubbing board 14 secured on the base between the sides 2 thereof.

Secured to the trunnions 11 are springs 15 that are also secured to the outer yfaces of the uprights 8.

On the lower end ot the oscillatory frame are upwardly inclined arms 16 connected by arm 18 having a slotted outer end 19 and in the slot of the said end there is a pivot 20 whereby thepiston rod 7 is connected to the arm 18` and also whereby the plunger receives motion by the oscillation of the frame. The spout tor the pump is indicated by the numeral 21 and is arranged to the rear of and slightly above the rubbing board 14. It will be apparent Vthat were delecting means not provided the water from the spout would splash upwardly and out of the device, the water being ejected during operation of the device. This only directs the water downwardly, and therefore l hingedly secure, as at 21 to the inner edge of the member 2 an apron This apron has its inner edge provided with an upturned lip 23 designed to be contacted the roller but incident to theshape thereof free from n injury by such Contact. Such'lcontact hoW- ever will svving the apron open. To close the apron I provide on the plunger rod 7 a curved spring 24 which contacts With the lip 23 of the apron and exert-sa tenslon Vthereagainst to cause the apron toibe swung to closed position and to retain the said apron in closed position. The movement of Vthe oscillatoryA frame in a direction 4avv/'ay from the pump Vis limited by stop means 25 on thesides 2 of' the frame, and inorder to lock the frame When the same is brought toward the end 4 'of the baseand out ofrengagement with the rubbing surface so that clothes may be arranged on the rubbing suryface before vbeing acted on by the roller7 I :secure to one of the sidesv 2 of the base one end of a curved spring 26 and the pressure 'exerted by this spring against the sidecf the oscillatory frame is sulticient n tohold such Jframe against movement,` but not sufiicient to permitof the free operation of the frame by the operator, thus it serves as a buier Whenlthe'latter is moved 'in the direction of said springs.

It isY thought fromfthe foregoing description, When taken in' connection With the drawings that the simplicity and advantages of the `construction Willbev apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain Without further detail Ydescription.

r Having thus: described the invention, What Iclaimiszf ..7 In a Vdevice of theclass described, in combination 4with a base, opposed uprights eX- tending fromsaid base, an oscillatory frame supported by said uprights; la ribbed Vrubbeing board beneath the frameand secured to said base, a roller carried by said frame to co-engage 4with said rubbing board, a pump secured to said base7 connecting means for .operating said pumpl simultaneously with said roller, lof/a deflectormember 

